Loading apparatus.



PVATENTED Nov. 27, 1906.

D M. HARTSOUGH. LOADING APPARATUS.

APPLIOATIQN FILED FEB. 19. 1906.

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fll alzrz'aafiariiidzzyxi W IYNESSES: [NVENTOR A Tm QNE 3 5- No. 836,970. 4 PATENTED NOVw 2'7, 1906. D M. HARTSOUGHE LOADKNG APPARATQS. A1 PL10AT1QN FILED $113.19, 1906.

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M 1 TTORVE Y5 in position forpicking up or accumulating a.

, the invention is to provide a device or appa-' "mechanism being derived from th within the scope of the invention may be v 3 is a top plan view.

new and useful Loading Apparatus, of which with the principles of the invention with the.

D MAURIfi-lil HARTSUU MlNNl ()llE-TEHED iii) FRANK CRANE AND QFTFFEHKRD To (ZZZ whom it ntay concern;

Be it known that I, D ll iiwnron HART- SOUGH, a citizen of the United States, residing at h'iinneapclis, in the county of Henna-- pin and State of Minnesota, have invented a the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for loading hay and grain andfor carrying the same to a place of deposit; and the principal object of ratus embodying a receptacle mounted upon rotary sup orting means and n1eansforpitch-- ing or loa ingmaterial such as hay, shocks, and like material.into the receptacle, the power for operating the loading e carrying wheels of the machine.

Further objects of the invention are to simplify and improve the construction and operation of this class of machines; 4

With these and other ends in view, which will readily appear as the nature of the inven:

tion is better understood, the some consists in the improved construction'and novel arrangement and combination of arts, which will be hereinafter l'ully describe ,aud particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings has been illustrated a simple and preferred form of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but that changes, alterations, and modifications made when desired. I In the drawings, Figure-1 1s a side eleva e tion of a device constructed in accordance.

drivers seat removed and showing the loader device with the drivers removed and the loader in load-dischargiug position. F

Fig. 4 is a side eleva, tion of a portion of the device, showing the samewith the receptacle in dumping position. Fi 5 is a sectional detail, view of a load. Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing the,

JA'FGLES, MlNil 11115582821,

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 19, 1906. summit. senses.

.I id .arms 15, carrying a rake 0Z1 forklfi, provided similar material as the rna portion of the steering-gear.

Corresponding parts in the sevcral'figures ASSIGNOR OF Tilt) JAMES MGCABE,

Patented Nov. 2'

are indicated throughout by similar characters of reference. i i

In the constructi on of this machine a tubulair axle A is provided having. spindles upon which the main carryingswheels 1 l-are journaled. Frame-bars. 3 3 are suitably connected with the axle, and said frame-bars serve to support a tilting box or receptacle 2,

which is hingedly connected with the frame of which the side bars 3 3 form a part. Near the outer.,extreinitie so1 the tubular axle are suitabl supported sheaves :01 pulleys 4 4,; over wliich passes a flexible member, such as a wire rope or cable 5, the extremities of which are provided with whiilietrees 6 for the attachment of the draft. The flexible memher passing over the pulleys 4;, constitutes an evener or equalizer, as "Will. be readilyiurr derstco-d. By this simple construction and arrangement of parts the draft-animals will be attached at the sides of the box or receptacle directly in front of the axle. The side bars of the frame are provided near their front ends with brackets 7, affording' bearings for shafts 8, provided at their lower ends with spindles upon which steering-wheels '9 are journa'led. The shafts 8 are also provided with rearward-.extendin arms i or cranks 10, which are connected with each,

with forwardly extendingteeth, or tines 1 7, and with an upright frame 13, fork being of suitable construction. tovather hay or chine advances a bundle or over the ground or to engage a shock of grain. Pivotally mounted upon-the frame bars 3 3 are upright arms 19, carrying pullys 20,

which are connected, by means of crossed 'ca- I foregoing description,

bles or bands 21, with pulleys or band-wheels 22, that are clamped upon or otherwise connected with the traction-wheels or carrying wheels 1 1. Flexible connections, such as ropes or cables 23, extend. from the upright 21, with.

frame 18 of the fork to the cables which they are suitably connected. Adjusting-levers, 2 1, are pivoted upon stands 25, mounted upon the frame-bars 3, said levers being connected by links 26 with the arms 1.9, which latter may thus be manipulated so as to tighten or loosen the cables 21 at-the' will of the operator. Stop means, as 27 engaging quadrants 28, may be provided for the purpose of securing the levers 24 at various adjustments.

Upon each side of the box or receptacle 2 there is pivoted an arm 29, said arms lying in proximity to the upper edges of the sides of the box and carrying an end-gate 30, which is connected with the arms 29 by reinforcingbraces 31'. Securely connected with each of the side bars 3 of the frame is a rear- Wardly-extendin arm or bracket 32, and said. arms or brac ets are connected with the edges of the end-gate by means of links 33. By this construction when the box or receptaclo is tilted to a dumpin or load-discharging position, as shown in lfiig. 4 of the drawings, the end gate will be automatically lifted out of the ath of the contents of the receptacle, whic may thus be quickly and conveniently discharged.

The operation and advanteges of this invention willbe readily understood from the taken in'connection with the drawings hereto annexed. The normel position of the rake or fork is the low" ered load-engaging position, which is illustrsted in Fi 1. l 'l hen the device is proellcd over the field, the fork will engage the oad, which if consisting of haymay be I gradually accumulated as the machine pro grosses, while if it consists of bound greinit VIlll uickly slide onto the fork. When. the

load is upon the fork, the operator by lllit nipulating the levers 24% will tighten. the bl nd s or cables 21, thus causing motion to trensmitted from the carrying-wheels i to said bands or cables and causing the flexible con nection 23 to move with the cables 21 in the direction of the earryingovheels, thus qiiickly lifting or tilting the fork in an upward direction and discharging the lead. over the frame 18 into the box or receptacle When the levers 24 are mani ulated to slacker: the bands or cables 21, t e Weight of the fork will restore it to load-engaging position. hen a sufficient load has been accumulated in the receptacle 2, it is conveyed to a place of do posit and discharged by tilting the receptacle to the dumping position. (illustrated in Fig. 4.) l

the bands and fork.

eeeevo While this improved device is useful for a variety of purposes, it has been especially de 6 5 signed for the urpose of conveying shocks of. grain to the t 1reshingplace, where it may be quickly and conveniently dumped'with out waiting to pitch the bundles of sin from the box or receptacle into the thres 'ngmachine. Y

The improved device is simple in construction, inexpensive, easily-guided and manipulated, and in every'respect ellicient for the purposes for which it is provided.

Having thus described the invention, is clajmedisf v 1. In a device of the class described, a frame having carryiug-wheels ,8. receptacle supported upon the frame, if hingedly-su ported-fork located on in front of the frame, arms pivoted upon the frame, pulleys on said arms, pulleys connected with the carrying-wheels, bands connecting the pulleys ,msnually-operated means arranged onvthe frame for'manipulating the pulley-carrying arms to ti hten the-bands, and flexible members directl 2. In a device of the class -described,"a frame an axle having carrying-wheels, a. tiltable receptacle supported u on the frame, and extendin on o posite si es of the axle with one on over frame to tilt downwardly, a shaft journaledf What and extending dlrect ya y connected with an ing the rear of the u on the frame in front of and independent of: i

t is receptacle, a fork connected with said shaft and located at the front of the frame, and means for transmitting motion from the carrying-wheels to the fork to t'lt the latter from a load-receiving to a load-discharging position.

3. In a device of the class described, "a frame having carrying-wheels, a receptacle supported upon the frame, a bin edl supported fork, arms pivoted upon t e -ame, pulleys upon said arms, pulleys upon the carryin -wheels, bands connecting the pulleys, flexi le members connectin the fork,- adjustin -levers, links connecting said levers with t e 'pulley carrying arms,

the bands with and means for retaining the levers at various adjustments.

In a device of the class described, a vehicle-frame having side bars, an axle at one end. of the frame, a tiltable box supported thereon, and extending to' the front and rear of thesame with its front end normally resting on the side bars, a fork or gathering member arranged centrally on the front of the frame, an axle, an em gate for-the box, and draft devices located at the sides of the frame and intermediate the fork and gate.

5. In a device of the class eluding a fork or gathering member, an axle having carrying-wheels, a frame connected described, in-

with the axle and having steering-wheels, a I In testimony that I claim the foregoing as tilting box hingedly connected with the I my own I have hereto affixed my signature in frame, arms pivoted upon the sides of the l the presence of two witnesses. box and carrying an end-gate, brackets eX- D MAURICE HARTSOUGH.

5 tending rearwardly from the sides of the Witnesses:

frame, and links connecting said brackets W H. GOULD, with the side edges of the end-gate. JV. M. GILLIGAN. 

